Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, House.
William Tracy Arnold
Sponsored
Passed the House1
Community colleges; authorize boards of trustees to waive out-of-state tuition to certain students upon agreement to remain in the state.
Out of committee8
Nonadjudication and pretrial intervention; authorize completion of workforce training as a condition that the court may impose.
Interstate compact; authorize State of Mississippi to enter into the Southeastern Community College Compact with other states to waive nonresident tuition fees.
Law enforcement officers; allow to contest and undergo second test before termination or suspension without pay after failed urine test.
Interstate compact on human trafficking; authorize state of Mississippi to enter into.
Interstate compact; authorize State of Mississippi to enter with other southern states to ban Internet pornography in the state.
Interstate compact; authorize State of Mississippi to enter into with other southern states to expand market access to health insurance.
Interstate Compact; authorize State of Mississippi to enter into with other southern states for purpose of prohibiting obscene advertisement on social media.
Memorial highway; designate segment of U.S. Highway 45 in Alcorn County for Speaker William J. "Billy" McCoy.
In committee28
MS Workforce Enhancement Training Fund; use certain funds for establishing an industrial certification grant program.
First time drug offenders; authorize the circuit judge to require participation in a workforce development program.
Daylight saving time; observe year-round if federal law is amended to allow it.
School athletic events; require local school boards to adopt policy granting free admission to veterans of U.S. Armed Forces.
Mississippi Traumatic Brain Injury Victims Fund; create and fund through school bus overtaking violations assessment.
Appropriations; Mississippi Community College Board to provide mid-level funding for community colleges.
Windpool; divert money from nonadmitted policy fees for revolving loan fund for tornado sirens.
Parental Rights of Rapists; terminate for children conceived of rape.
Pharmacies; reduce time period covered by audit of claims submitted to pharmacy benefit managers.
K-12 Attendance Centers; revise assignment of points for purposes of accountability ratings.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers that employ persons convicted of certain nonviolent crimes.
Health insurance carriers; require to cap patient cost for prescriptions for insulin drugs.
Stem cells; prohibit use of in research or therapy if derived from human embryo or fetus that was destroyed.
Abortion facilities; prohibit selling stem cells derived from human embryo or fetus that was destroyed.
Abortion; revise physician requirement to perform an ultrasound and explanation before performing.
Community colleges; provide for restored mid-level funding for purpose of increasing salaries of certain employees.
Interstate Compact on Second Amendment Sactuary; authorize State of MS to enter into with other southern states.
Child care facilities; exempt church owned and operated facilities from licensure.
State agency budget requests, appropriation bills and operating budget; require to include specific line items for proposed expenditures.
Law enforcement officers; regulate payment for nonexempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Nursing homes; authorize patients to be restrained upon written request of patient's representative.
Alternative nicotine products; require to be labeled.
Obscene materials or performanies; include the use of Internet social media websites in the offense of distributing.
Small Business Employee Benefit Task Force; create.
Statues and monuments; prohibit removal of those relating to Dr. Martin King, Jr., or any other civil rights activist.
Retirement; PERS shall use initial employee handbook in determining credible service based on leave time for local employees.
Equal pay for equal work; require for employees of opposite sex in the same work establishment.
Lynn Fitch Equal Pay Act of 2020; create.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 23
Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act; revise various provisions of.
The "Life Equality Act"; create to prohibit abortion based on certain factors.
Hunter safety course; authorize school districts to offer as part of their curriculum.
Appropriation; Environmental Quality, Department of.
Appropriation; Grand Gulf Military Monument Commission.
Appropriation; Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Department of.
Appropriation; Oil and Gas Board.
Appropriation; Public Service Commission.
Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff.
Appropriation; Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Medicaid, Division of.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Human Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Forestry Commission.
Appropriation; Soil and Water Conservation Commission.
Appropriation; Foresters, Board of Registration for.
Appropriation; Pat Harrison Waterway District.
Appropriation; Yellow Creek State Inland Port Authority.
Appropriation; Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District.
Appropriation; Pearl River Valley Water Supply District.
Appropriation; Port Authority, State.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of.
Alcorn, Benton, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo Counties; extend repealer on authority to contribute to Northeast Mississippi Community Services.
Passed the House · 2
Memorial Highway; designate U.S. Highway 45 in Alcorn County and Prentiss County as "Speaker William J. 'Billy' McCoy Memorial Highway."
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
In committee · 5
Municipalities; "home rule"; clarify ability of governing authority to regulate medical facilities in a way that restricts free speech in close vicinity of facilities.
Bonds; authorize issuance for Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund.
Sales tax; reduce rate on retail sales of motorcycles.
State Superintendent of Public Education; align salary to no more than 150% of Governor's salary.
Appropriation; Rural Fire Truck Fund for additional round of trucks under Acquisition Assistance Program.